Mastodawn

How did #America ever get to a point where one man, backed by the military might of the United States, could credibly threaten death to an entire civilization?

I’m also wondering how 19 super-rich American households could have added $1.8 trillion to their wealth in just the last 24 months — roughly the size of the economy of Australia — while the rate of child poverty in the U.S. has more than doubled, from a low of 5.2 percent in 2021 to over 13 percent now?

https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/sunday-thought-how-the-hell-did-we?

Sunday thought: How the Hell Did We Get to This Point?

And how do we change course?

Robert Reich

Schauinsland 2d ago

„How have we come so perilously close to #climatecatastrophe, with spring temperatures in the Western United States already shattering records — and yet governments are spending over a trillion dollars a year subsidizing the #fossilfuelindustry and banks have channeled over $3 trillion to fossil fuel companies since the Paris Agreement, while there are almost no funds to protect living ecosystems?“